Improvement in carriage-seats



CHRISTIAN `K. MELLIN GER, OF HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASS'IGNOR OF TWO-THIRDS HIS RIGHT TO HENRY SHAFFNER AND LEHMAN 8v RIEGEL, OF SAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN cARRlAeE-SEATS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 165,016, dated June 29, 1875 application filed January 2S, 1875.

To all whom it may coucerm Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN K. MELLIN- GER, of the city of Harrisburg, county of Dauphin and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain Improvements in J ump-Seats for Garriages, of which the following is a full, clear, and accurate description, reference being hadto the accompanying drawing making a part of this specification, and the letters thereon referring to similar parts in the several figures, of which- Figure l represents the seatirons in position as a two-seated vehicle. Fig. 2 represents the saine in position as a one-seated vehicle, andFig. 3 is a rear side elevation of the front seat-irons, folding panel, and the stumpjoint adjunct of the sill-iron.v

rlhe nature and objects of my invention are, first, to provide a good set of mountings for the front seat,andto close-panel it b y a fullsweep panel thereunder; second, to provide a well-trussed sill-iron for the rear seat.

My invention, therefore, embraces particularly, flrst, a'front sill-iron, provided with a panel-supporting stump-joint, as `an adjunct thereto 3 second, a full-sweep panel, embraced and operated by the stump-joint on front sill-iron in a peculiar manner, to afford free access to and from the rear seat; third, certain latch devices formed-on and as a part of the stump-joint structure, acting in combination with the full-sweep panel and carriageframe, to stop the front seat midway as a seat,

and to clear the way for its supports to the front and rear positions when released fourth, a rear-seat sill-iron with a double-bow projection thereon to inclose, guide, and stop the pair of parallel supports on which the seat is upheld.

In the several views, g f l represent the ends and sides, or Wainscoating, ot' carriage-body;

Y, the sill next each side; H H', the front jump-seat, provided with folding ends, and

N', the rear jump-seat. Both seats are directly mounted on flanged attaching-irons of the usual make, and they are upheld each by a pair of parallel straight supports, pivoted to the top irons in the usual manner. K Q

represent my improved front sill-iron, which is attached to the inside Aof the sill Y, and is provided with the usual parallel walled sockets, in which the supports A A are guided about their pivots, in position as shown. The inner iianges of said sockets are, however, made short at their tops, and to align their heads with referencel to the hinge at S, so that when the joint D S is thrown forward. it may lie supported in a horizontal position on the heads of said inside flanges, as indicated in Fig. l. 'The object of this provision is to support the panel M, when in the prone position or down in front, firmly enough topsustain the weight of one ortwo persons lon it, that they may use it as a step in passing to or from'A the rear seat. '.Ihe stuinp-jointD S or panelsupport is` hinged to the sill K .Q in s'nch manner that the panel is stopped by the knuckle of the hinge at S, in its rearward motion, in position as shown in Figs. l and 2. Moreover the stump Q, which is the mate of the but-tend S, is offsetted inward from the plane in which the supports A A vibrate, to allow them free passage to their several positions past the ends of the full-sweep panel M, when the stoplatches F are released from the keepers h, as shown in Fig. 3, thus clearing the passage N made for the supports A A.

The panel-support, as shown in Fig. 3, is au iron structure, in form of anv inverted letter L, or a two-legged angleiron, `C' D S, as shown, having a part, C' D, extended inward from the end and along the upper edge of the panel M, thereby bracing the panel-boards. Its foot O D is also employed to support the latch F, which is pivoted thereto at O, stopped at detent G, when thrown back, and is held as a latch in the cleft heel at D, which is vertically open-slotted to admit it snugly, while its hooked bit engages keeper h. `Wood screws or rivets at O a ct a are used to attach the panel-boards to said iron The panel M extends vertically from a point nearly on the carriage-floor to a point near the upper line of `the carriage-boxing, or in close proximity to the seat-board H, and swings from the pintles of the hinges at S, as atransverse axis of inotion, and is therefore a full sweep-panel, and its main object is to make the vehicle closepaneled, both when the front is in use and when it is idle, or jumped to its retreat under seat N', as shown in Fig. 2. The rear-seat sill-iron L R W X is in form as shown, being conformed to be attached on the sill Y, having the usual parallel ,walled flanges or ears Wv W', in which are the pivots for the supports V V. At the ends the sill structure is projected roundly upward in semicircular bow form, andhaving the bows united at L, above, which part is vertically slotted from R to R, to admit therein, guide and stop, both the supports V V', in the several positions shown. The object of thus inclosing both the said supports is to provide a'rear-seat sill-iron for open or close'paneled vehicles in which the supports V V cannot miss their places of travel and rest.

I include in this application for patent the rear-seat sill-iron'as a modification of and improvement on the rear-seat silliron set forth in my application granted me April 7, 1875.

Having thus fully and clearly described my invention, what I regard as new and useful, and what I desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. The sill-iron K Q, in combination with the stump joint D S, as and for the purpose set forth. y

2. The sill-iron K Q, in combination with the hin ged stump-joint D S, and the full-sweep panel M, substantially as set forth.

3. 'Ihe extended stump-joint D S C', in combination with the latch F, keeper h, and the full-sweep panel M, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

.4. The rear-seat sill-iron L X, having the donblebow extension and slot R R', in combination withv the supports V V', as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 'my invention I have hereunto set my hand. CHRISTIAN K. MELLINGER. Witnesses:

THEoPHILUs WEAVER, PETER STUCKER. 

